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Demonination

Reformed Body of Union of American Hebrew Congregations

Pastor

Jacob Kaplan

Race/Ethnicity

Jewish

County

Dade County (Fla.)

City

Miami

Established

1922

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On many of the scans, text appears to bleed through from the reverse page as survey workers often used recycled paper printed on one side with unrelated material. Users should be aware that the bleed-through is not a missing page.

Title

Temple Israel

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs.

Church buildings -- Florida

Description

WPA Church Record for Temple Israel in Miami, Dade County, established in 1922. This Reformed Body of Union of American Hebrew Congregations church served a mainly Jewish congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by Jacob Kaplan.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1922

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_5431

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Reformed Body of Union of American Hebrew Congregations

County

Dade County (Fla.)

City

Miami

Race/Ethnicity

Jewish

Pastor

Jacob Kaplan

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Church Name

Temple Israel

Chicago Manual of Style

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Temple Israel. 1922. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252323>, accessed 21 June 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Temple Israel. 1922. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252323>

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